Muhlenberg's Centaury (Annadel plants)

Muhlenberg's Centaury

Zeltnera muehlenbergii

Summary ⁷

Zeltnera muehlenbergii is a species of annual herb commonly known as Muhlenberg's centaury. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California and Nevada, where it commonly grows in forests and other moist places. This is an annual herb growing thin, erect, branching stems to heights anywhere between 10 centimeters and one meter. Oval-shaped leaves are arranged oppositely on the stem and are up to 2 or 3 centimeters long. The branching inflorescence...

Type information ⁸

Isotype for Centaurium muehlenbergii var. albiflorum Suksd.
Catalog Number: US 1437979
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): W. N. Suksdorf
Year Collected: 1916
Locality: Near Latah Creek SE of Spangle., Spokane, Washington, United States, North America

Sources and Credits

(c) Philip Bouchard, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/62003631@N00/4731907859
(c) 2011 Zoya Akulova, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=369514&one=T
(c) 2008 Keir Morse, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=267081&one=T
(c) 2008 Keir Morse, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=267082&one=T
(c) 2008 Keir Morse, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=267083&one=T
(c) 2008 Keir Morse, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=267084&one=T
(c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeltnera_muehlenbergii
(c) Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://eol.org/data_objects/20001066

More Info

iNat Map

‹ › ×